Chapter 258

Torrential rain, shattered rocks, thick mud, dense smoke.

These were the last images Evadne saw before her consciousness slipped away, almost in despair.

But with her last bit of strength, just before disaster struck, she pushed the climber to safety.

Even if there was only a sliver of hope, she wanted her to survive.

If she wasn’t prepared for the danger, she didn’t deserve to be in that outfit and show up in that place. She wasn’t afraid to die. As long as her death had meaning, her journey through this tumultuous world wouldn’t be in vain.

She wasn’t always this brave. Even the thought of death or the memory of her father and her stepmothers taking her for a vaccination would make her cry and cause a fuss. She was just a little girl with a flair for the dramatic.

But then at eleven, she met him here.

His bravery, his resilience, his eyes that guided her like a lighthouse in the deep sea, his willingness to live and die with her despite their fleeting encounter, deeply moved her soul.

She realized for the first time that a person could live this way, burning and blooming for themselves.

Even after she married him and even after he hurt her, she had to admit that.

Thaddeus changed her. He changed her life.

Time passed, stars shifted.

Everything happened so fast, like an avalanche!

Evadne had a long and surreal dream during her brief unconsciousness.

She dreamed of playing under her parents‘ knees, her brothers celebrating her birthday with her.

Cassius hoisted her atop a pile of gift boxes, Arnold sang a slightly off–key Happy Birthday, Bennett held the birthday cake as they blew out the candles together, and Elvis gave her the toy gun she had always wanted.

And Thaddeus.

She remembered fighting alongside him on the battlefield, their lives hanging in the balance.

She remembered the first time she saw him again at her grandfather’s side and how she couldn’t take her eyes off him.

pushing the divorce papers towards her, forcing her to leave with his cold and

pain erupted from her heart, spreading

Hot

her eyes

the dream about that bastard, if it wasn’t for the memory of the hurt he caused her,

as she woke up, Evadne

somewhere by the mud, lying on

backpack was hanging on a not–so–thick branch, her body was half–buried in the mud,

luck,

if I die? What about my brothers?” Since God gave

Crack!

branch above her head made a heart–stopping

breathe, fearing that if she took one more breath, the branch would

dig herself out of the mud with her hands, then found two rocks she could use to

the rocks, the branch

it fell into the deep

about to

time to be scared. She

this moment, night had fallen and the storm

her eyes, blurring her vision, and her

thing that kept her climbing was her strong will

mother passed away early, and she was raised by her three stepmothers. When she was

this hobby, it was proving to be very useful

of the mountain, a strong vibration

roll down, another landslide

fair! I do so many good deeds, donate so much money and accumulate so much virtue every year, and this is how you

the rock under Evadne’s foot fell, and she was suspended In mid–air, all

“No! Help!”

opened her eyes wide in horror, a sense of

what awaited her was a hopeless situation, a certain

unwillingness slipped from the corner of Evadne’s eye, and she closed her eyes

her back from the brink of death. Feeling her fall suddenly stop, Evadne slowly opened her

eyes, as bright as the stars, her heartbeat and

“Thaddeus?”

a dream?

heart pounded uncontrollably against

scared! I’m

face. Fear, panic, joy, heartache, all emotions mixed together, capturing

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